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WHUS54 KLCH 150647
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1247 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20
TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 145 AM CST.
* AT 1247 AM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR EUGENE ISLAND 142, OR 29 NM SOUTHWEST
OF POINT AU FER ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUGENE ISLAND 224, EUGENE ISLAND 105, EUGENE ISLAND 325, EUGENE
ISLAND 243, EUGENE ISLAND 100, EUGENE ISLAND 189, SOUTH MARSH
ISLAND 61, EUGENE ISLAND 206, EUGENE ISLAND 306, EUGENE ISLAND 208,
SHIP SHOAL 224, SHIP SHOAL 248, EUGENE ISLAND 295, EUGENE ISLAND
273, EUGENE ISLAND 251, EUGENE ISLAND 296, EUGENE ISLAND 252,
EUGENE ISLAND 175, EUGENE ISLAND 257, AND EUGENE ISLAND 158.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2819 9153 2833 9174 2840 9190 2844 9217
2852 9216 2925 9127 2886 9126 2809 9128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0647Z 274DEG 24KT 2888 9152
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
SLAUGHTER
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